Sample Paper-3

Chemistry
Class XII
1. A and B liquids on mixing produce a warm solutions. Which type of deviation from Raoult’s law
is there .
2. Which will be absorbed more readily on the surface of charcoal and why NH3 or CO2.
3. Among octahedral and tetrahedral crystal fields, in which case the magnitude of crystal field
splitting is larger.
4. Why a ortho-nitrophenol more acidic than ortho-methoxyphenol.
5. Why are acetaldehyde more reactive than benzaldehyde towards nucleophitic additive reaction.
6. Name the common elements present in the anode mud in electrolytic refining of copper. Why
are they so present.
7. What happens when protein is denatured?
8. Aniline can not be prepared by Gabriel-phthalimide reaction .
9. CaCl2 will introduce schotkey defect if added to AgCl crystal, Explain.
10. The composition of a sample of wustile isFe0.93O1.00 . What percentage of iron is present in the
form of Fe (III).
11. Calculate the mass of a non-volatile solute( molar mass 40g mol-1) which should be dissolved in
114g of octane to reduce its vapour pressure to 80%.
12. Under what condition van’t Hoff factor is
i) Equal to 1 ii) greater than 1
13. The activation energy for the reaction 2HI H2+I2 is 209.5 kJ mol-1 at 581w. Calculate the
fraction of molecule of reactants having energy equal to or greater than activation energy.
14. Account for the following
a. Metals usually do not occur in nature as nitrate.
b. HgS & PbS on roasting often give their respective metals but ZnS does not
15. Complete the following reactions.
a. Ba(N3)2
b. I- + O3 + H2O
16. Write applications of cordination compounds in –
a. Extraction of metal
b. Industrial processes
c. Medicines
d. Analytical Chemistry
17. Although chlorine is an electron with drawing group, yet it is ortho-para directing in electrophilic
aromatic substitution reactions. Why ?
18. Explain-
a. Grignard reagents should be prepared under anhydrous conditions.
b. C6H5CHClCH3 is hydrolysed more easily with KOH than C6H5CH2Cl
or
Arrange the following compounds in the decreasing order of reactivity towards SN2
displacement reaction and give reason.
a) C2H5Br , C2H5I, C2 H5 Cl
b) (CH3)3CBr, CH3CH2CHBrCH3, CH3CH2CH2CH2Br
19. Draw the structure of the following –
a. H2S2O8 b. XeO3 c. HClO4
20. A reaction completes 40% in 40 min. How much time will it take to go 90% completion?
21. Give reasons for the following-
a. Glucose does not give 2,4- DNP test and Schiff’s test
b. Amino acids have high melting points and are soluble in water.
c. What is meant by secondary structure of proteins?
22. Write the names and structure of the monomer of the following polymers.
i)Natural rubber ii) Nylon-66 iii) Terylene
23. Describe the following with suitable examples –
Which class of drug can be used for following condition-?
i) Fever ii) Depression iii) Allergy
24. An aromatic compound (A) on treatment with NH3 followed by heating forms compound (B),
which on heating with Br2 and KOH forms a compound (C) having molecular formula C5H7N. Give
the structure of A, B and C and write the reaction involved
Or
Give reasons
i)Why amines less acidic than alcohols of comparable molecular masses ?
ii) Why primary amines have higher boiling point than tertiary amines ?
iii)Why aliphatic aminis have stronger bases than aromatic amines ?
25. Give the mechanism of the following reaction-
2CH3CH2OH dil H2SO4 CH3CH2OCH2CH3
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Does this reaction follow SN1 or SN2 pathway
b)Describe hydrocarbon oxidation reaction with the help of an example.
26. Account the following –
a. The value of electron gain enthalpy with negative sign for sulphur is higher than for
oxygen.
b. NF3 is an exothermic compound but NCl3 is an endothermic compound.
c. CIF3 molecule has a T-shaped structure and not a triagonal planar one.
27. a)What are micelles? How do they differ from ordinary colloidal particles ?Give two examples of
micelles forming substance.
b) State Hardy Schulze rule.

28. a) At 298K, the molar conductivities at infinite dilution of NH4Cl, NaOH and NaCl are 129.8, 217.4
and 108.9 Ω-1 cm2 mol-1 respectively. If the molar conductivity of solution of NH4OH is 9.33 Ω-1
cm2 mol-1, Calculate the equilibrium constant.
b) Define molar conductivity & write its units.
OR
What is the role of ZnCl2 in dry cell & write the cell reaction of dry cell.
 29. Give reasons
a) Why Zn2+ salts are white while Ni2+ salts are coloured.
b) Zn, Cd, Hg are not considered as transition metals.
c) Ni(II) compounds are more stable than Pt(II) while Pt(IV) compounds are more stable than Ni(IV)
d) Transitions metals act as catalyst.
e) KMnO4 is used to clean surgical instruments
OR
What happen when
a) KMnO4 is heated.
b) KI is added to acidified solution of KMnO4.
c) Why a transition series does contains ten elements.
d) Why the properties of third transition series are similar to second transition series.
e) Transition elements form alloy.

30. An unknown aldehyde(A) on reaction with alkali gives a ß- hydroxy aldehyde. Which loses water to
form an unsaturated aldehyde; 2-butenal. Another aldehyde ‘B’ undergoes disproportionation
reaction in the presence of conc. alkali to form products (C) and (D). (C) is an aryl alcohol with
formula C7H8O
I) Identify (A) and (B)
ii) Write the sequence of reaction involoved
iii)Name the product, when (B) reacts with zinc amalgon and HCl

OR

Bring following conversion

i)Propanone to propene.
ii)Benzoic acid to Benzaldehyde
iii)Ethanal to 2-Hydroxybutanal
iv)Benzene to m-Nitroacetophenone
v) Benzaldehyde to benzophenone